Mother of 7 Sawsan (second from left), 42, her mother Nuhad Hamdoon, 64, and her daughters sit on a step in their home in Mosul's Old City. For 7 months during the intense fighting between ISIS and Iraqi forces, the family hid inside their basement with little access to food and clean water. On July 1, 2017, they were liberated from ISIS and fled to the east side of the city. In February this year the family were able to move back to their home in the Old City, surrounded by the ruins of their neighbours' homes that were hit by airstrikes.